Miranda Raison (born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk), is an English actress.

Her father Nick is jazz pianist, while her mother Caroline read the news for Anglia television. She has two brothers and tow sisters: Ed (bass guitarist for the band Stonewall Jackson), Rosie, Sam and May.

Raison trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She is best known for her role as Jo Portman in the BBC One television drama series Spooks, in which she has appeared since 2005.

Raison also starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's film Match Point in 2005 and appeared in Land of the Blind with Ralph Fiennes in 2006.

In April 2007, she appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who, Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks. Her character Talullah was a show girl, who's opening scene was on stage dancing and singing to a musical number - her father played the piano background as part of the orchestra.^[1] She has been a guest on the second series of Totally Doctor Who in episode 4.

• The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
• Heartbeat
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
• Perfect Strangers

• Miranda Raison at IMDb
• Miranda Raison at the bbc.co.uk official Spooks website.